At the SK Planet headquarters in Pangyo, Seongnam, on the 17th, Son Hee-jae, head of KB Securities' Digital Business Group (right), poses for a commemorative photo with Kim, head of SK Planet's Business Division, during the KB Securities - SK Planet business partnership signing ceremony. /Courtesy of KB Securities, SK Planet

KB Securities said on the 21st that it signed a "business partnership agreement for operating an embedded finance business" with SK Planet on the 17th at SK Planet's headquarters in Pangyo, Seongnam.

"Embedded finance" refers to combining a financial company's services with a nonfinancial platform. Through this partnership, the two companies plan to link KB Securities' financial application programming interface (API) with SK Planet's everyday-life platform.

Based on this, they plan to expand cooperation across various areas, including ▲ platform-customized financial services ▲ user-centered investment services ▲ more advanced, data-driven financial experiences.

At the signing ceremony, Son Hee-jae, head of the digital business group at KB Securities, and Kim Gyo-su, head of the business division at SK Planet, and other key officials from both companies attended.

Son Hee-jae, head of the digital business group at KB Securities, said, "Through this business partnership, we will broaden the touchpoints of financial services and build an environment where customers can access finance more conveniently in their daily lives," adding, "By combining the technology and know-how of both companies, we plan to create a leading model in the embedded finance market."

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